Invisible Disabilities is an umbrella term that captures a whole spectrum of hidden disabilities or challenges that are primarily neurological in nature.People often have difficulty understanding how your symptoms such as extreme fatigue, dizziness, pain, and cognitive impairments can be so debilitating to you but can even be met with hostility by society at large People with invisible disabilities, such as fibromyalgia (fibro), are often accused of faking or imagining their disabilities. There symptoms often occur without warning, and are not always obvious to the onlooker. Fibro is one of the invisible disabilities that are not immediately apparent to others. According to the national fibromyalgia partnership, between three and five million people have fibromyalgia syndrome in the united states alone which means that there are three and five million people that are suffering without the understanding and support of friends, family and co-workers.
Most Fibro suffers are thought to be lazy, most people dont considered them to be disabled, as their medical conditions do not impair their normal everyday activities. These people do not use an assistive device and most look and act perfectly healthy.
Fibromyalgia is now understood to be the most common cause of chronic musculoskeletal pain. This can be extremely debilitating and affect every aspect of a persons everyday life.Just because you see someone at the grocery store pushing a cart, don't assume that they're not being truthful about being disabled. For all you really know, after making a short trip to the store, they may be flat on their back when they get home, and in a considerable amount of discomfort. Join our support group: http://www.meetup.com/Living-with-Fibromyalgia/